Using Cinema Cameras For Live Sports Broadcast July 7^th 2022 - 09:30 AM

We discuss the business case and technology challenges of using cinema cameras in live sports broadcast with Mark Chiolis of Mobile TV Group.

Information: Part 4 - Data Rates July 7^th 2022 - 09:30 AM

In an increasingly digital world, it may be useful to look at the amount of data needed to represent various media. Note that the amount of data is being considered; the amount of information will always be somewhat less than that.

Electricity: Part 4 - Solar Panels July 6^th 2022 - 11:00 AM

Solar Panels, or photo-voltaics (PV), have their uses, but they also have their drawbacks.

Too Few Crew To Meet The Post Pandemic UK Production Surge July 4^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

There has been an almost inevitable surge in TV production in the UK as the pandemic recedes. The way the sector has rapidly hit production capacity highlights some long-term issues with how the industry attracts and trains new talent.

Transforms: Part 6 - The Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) July 1^st 2022 - 09:00 AM

The Fourier Transform is complex in the mathematical sense, which means that each coefficient is represented by complex number.

HDR: Part 4 - Surviving Modern Colorimetry June 29^th 2022 - 09:55 AM

Most people are aware that any color can be mixed from red, green and blue light, and we make color pictures out of red, green and blue images. The relationship between modern color imaging and the human visual system was recently discussed by John Watkinson in his series on color.…

Preparing To Broadcast Commonwealth Games Birmingham June 27^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be the biggest sports event on UK shores since London 2012 with around 1.5 billion global audience expected to watch over the 11 day event beginning July 28. Bidding for the host broadcast contract began in summer of 2019 with the award announced for Sunset + Vine in April 2020. Here’s what…

Camera Lenses Part 3: MTF And Depth Of Field June 23^rd 2022 - 09:00 AM

All lenses suffer from various imperfections that reduce sharpness. However, even if the lens elements were ideal and caused no loss of resolution, lenses still can’t focus to a perfect point.

Orbital Virtual Productions - New Large Scale Virtual Production Stages In Downtown LA. June 21^st 2022 - 09:00 AM

Nobody’s risking much, in 2022, by assuming we’re living through the genesis of virtual production. There are enough high-profile productions happening to lend the technique some legitimacy, and while the surge in both interest and the provision of facilities makes it hard to say how demand and supply are mat…

The State Of Film June 17^th 2022 - 09:00 AM

On one hand, film might seem dead. On the other, the last few months have seen a flurry of activity which is emblematic of a wider interest in the field that’s continued ever since the technology fell out of mainstream use. It’s been suggested that photochemical origination is set…